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Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Melissa Junior

Robert Harington talks to Melissa Junior, Executive Publisher at The American Society for Microbiology, in this series of perspectives from some of Publishing’s leaders across the non-profit and for-profit sectors of our industry.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 18, 2025
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Observations from the Charleston Vendor Showcase

Reflecting on the Charleston Conference Vendor Showcase @lisalibrarian share what she did — and didn’t — see.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Nov 21, 2023
  • 14 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Open Access and Sales Revenue Can Co-Exist

A new research study finds that open access monographs can generate significant revenue — both on the print side and digitally. 

  • By Laura Brown, Erich van Rijn, Roger C. Schonfeld, John Sherer
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Some Observations from Charleston (Open Access Edition):

Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.

  • By Roy Kaufman
  • Dec 8, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Annual Reviews’ Subscribe To Open: From Idea To Full Adoption

Annual Reviews will offer their journals as Subscribe to Open. Come read our interview with Richard Gallagher, President and Editor-in-Chief.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Apr 28, 2022
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Subscribe to Open (S2O): An Interview Post in Two Parts (Part 1)

Robert Harington interviews a number of experts with a few burning questions on the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model in a two part post, part one appearing here:

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 28, 2021
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 10 mins

Guest Post — Subscribe to Open: The Why, The How and The What Now?!

The International Water Association is going to flip its entire journal portfolio to open access via a Subscriber to Open model. Here’s how they plan to make it a success.

  • By Sara Bosshart, Rod Cookson, Philipp Hess
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 18 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Sustainable Open Access – What’s Next? 

How can collective action models to support open access, like Subscribe to Open, be applied to academic publishing? An interview with Raym Crow.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Aug 27, 2020
  • 17 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age

Open access, scholarly publishing, business models, and sustainability. The past is prologue. The present is complex. @lisalibrarian provides SSP a primer.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Apr 7, 2020
  • 12 Comments
  • Time To Read: 12 mins

Subscribe to Open: A Mutual Assurance Approach to Open Access 

As the success of Subscribe to Open grows, what are the benefits and limitations of the model? 

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Mar 9, 2020
  • 25 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Scholarly Societies: The Importance of Community

In this article Robert Harington describes how scholarly societies are an indelible part of the research and support system for academics across many disciplines. Robert suggests rather than requiring societies to seek alternative revenue streams beyond publishing, why not turn that argument on its head and more fully support society and academic community life?

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 3, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Subscribe To Open: Annual Reviews’ Take on Open Access

Subscribe To Open: Explore how Annual Reviews plans to leverage subscription payments for gated access journals to convert and sustain the journals as Open Access.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 22 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

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